In 2012, approximately 64% of visitors to our report were employees, 17% were consumers, 9% non-governmental organizations and 7% were shareholders.

Stakeholder Engagement

NVIDIA’s stakeholders are entities or individuals who can be affected by NVIDIA and whose actions can affect the organization. We promote sustainability and social responsibility among our stakeholders and keep them informed about our own efforts to be conscientious global citizens. This page describes:

Our interactions with stakeholders related to social and environmental issues,

The direct and indirect methods NVIDIA uses to engage with our various stakeholders, and

Industry initiatives in which NVIDIA is an active member and organizations in which we play a significant role.

Beyond reporting to our stakeholder groups, with directly engage with each stakeholder group in the following ways:

Customers

Through the Electronics Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC), we make available to customers our self-assessment questionnaires and collaborate with them through our position on the EICC board of directors. We promote our global citizenship efforts when given the opportunity during quarterly business reviews.

Shareholders

We have participated in the Carbon Disclosure Project since 2007 and for the past two years have submitted our data for inclusion in Bloomberg’s Environmental, Social and Governance reporting. We respond to individual shareholder requests as they arise.

Consumers

The NVIDIA Foundation participates in large conferences targeted to our video-gaming customers and offers a challenge to raise money for a relevant charity. We communicate with the more than one million subscribers to our monthly newsletter to let them know when our Global Citizenship Report is available.

Suppliers

We engage with suppliers through the EICC to analyze their self-assessment documentation, and request periodic audits. We actively reach out to suppliers when we need a response or action related to product compliance and other citizenship issues, such as conflict minerals.

Stockholders

Stockholders who wish to communicate with the Board regarding nominations of directors or other matters may do so by sending written communications addressed to David M. Shannon, Company Secretary. If no particular director is named, letters will be forwarded, depending on the subject matter, to the Chair of the Audit, Compensation or Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

Employees

We implement a global employee survey every 18–24 months and achieve 95 percent participation. This year, we will implement frequent pulse surveys to more easily collect frequent feedback on certain key issues.

Once our Global Citizenship Report website is updated each year, we execute a campaign to drive employees to the site and work to engage them through competitions that test their knowledge of our citizenship issues and achievements.

In addition to a suggestion box for general issues, we host a “Green Ideas” suggestion box through which employees can submit ideas for saving energy, waste and water on our campuses or through product design. We review ideas regularly and keep employees informed about whether we’re able to implement their suggestions.

We have an open work environment where employees can email any executive staff member or our CEO with questions or suggestions without fear of retribution. Additionally, employees are encouraged to submit questions (anonymously, if they prefer) ahead of our quarterly company meeting for our CEO to answer onstage.

We have established a third-party corporate hotline to allow any employee to confidentially and anonymously lodge a complaint about any accounting, internal control, auditing or other matters of concern (unless prohibited by local privacy laws for employees located in the European Union).

Nonprofit and Nongovernmental Organizations

We do not currently engage with NGOs directly, but we do partner with them through initiatives like the Public Private Alliance for Responsible Minerals Trade to address issues such as conflict minerals.

Communities

Through the work of the NVIDIA Foundation, we work closely with communities and local governments throughout the world where we have offices. We sit on the Silicon Valley Leadership Group’s energy and environmental committees, which allows us to engage with the community and local governments on environmental issues. We also communicate directly with local governments as it relates to new office construction.